Information About

Hartney Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 29' 53.002" N,
145 ° 52' 43" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Elevation

13 ft (3.96 m)

Hartney Bay in Detail.

About

on SE shore of Orca Inlet, 5 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts. its junc with Styx River, 95 mi. NW of Tyonek, Alaska Range. 3 miles wide.

History

Local name reported in 1933 by H. E. Smith, U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Glaucous-winged Gull, Least Sandpiper, Common Gull, Mallard, Black-legged Kittiwake, Greater White-fronted Goose, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Canada Goose, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Snow Goose, Sanderling, Pectoral Sandpiper, Cackling Goose, Bufflehead, Arctic Tern, American Crow, Common Merganser, Semipalmated Plover, Rock Sandpiper, Sandhill Crane, White-winged Crossbill, Lapland Longspur, Northern Shoveler, Greater Scaup, Pine Siskin, Red-necked Phalarope, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Whimbrel, Hermit Thrush, Ruddy Turnstone, Tree Swallow, Buff-bellied Pipit, Short-billed Dowitcher, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Barrow's Goldeneye, Bonaparte's Gull, Varied Thrush, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Black Turnstone, Lesser Yellowlegs, Caspian tern, American Robin, Lincoln's Sparrow, Hudsonian Godwit, Gadwall, Surfbird, Long-billed Dowitcher, Black-billed Magpie, Fox Sparrow, Black-bellied Plover, Common Raven, Trumpeter Swan, Black Oystercatcher, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Herring Gull, Red Crossbill, Wilson's Warbler, Bald Eagle, Violet-green Swallow, Common Redpoll, Dark-eyed Junco, Pacific Golden-Plover, Pigeon Guillemot, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Rufous Hummingbird, Marbled Godwit, Wilson's Snipe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow Warbler, Eurasian Wigeon, Black-capped Chickadee, Cliff Swallow, American Golden Plover, Great Blue Heron, Steller's Jay, Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Knot, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Marbled Murrelet, Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Harrier, Belted Kingfisher, Merlin, Song Sparrow, Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Spotted Sandpiper, Glaucous Gull, Aleutian Tern, Alder Flycatcher, Pacific Wren, Pine Grosbeak, Tundra Swan, Harlequin Duck, Spruce Grouse, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Baird's Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Parasitic Jaeger, Ancient Murrelet, Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Osprey, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Short-eared Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Northern Shrike, Gray Jay, Horned Lark, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, American Dipper, Gray-cheeked Thrush, American Tree Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

Places Near Hartney Bay
Bars:

Fleming Spit, Gatherer Rock, Government Rock, North Rock, Shag Rock, South Rock, Twin Rocks,

Bays:

Alice Cove, Canoe Passage, Cedar Bay, Comfort Cove, Deep Bay, Eccles Lagoon, Hartney Bay, Hidden Cove, Mud Bay, Odiak Slough, Sheep Bay, Shipyard Bay, Simpson Bay, Three Mile Bay, Windy Bay,

Capes:

Point Whitshed, Point Bentinck, Big Point, Bluff Point, Bomb Point, Fox Point, Gravel Point, Knot Point, Saddle Point, Salmo Point, Sheep Point, Shepard Point,

Channels:

Egg Island Channel, The Narrows, Odiak Channel, Orca Channel, Orca Inlet, Strawberry Channel, Western Channel,

Cities:

Cordova,

Dams:

Apw Dam Number 1, APW Dam Number 2, Humpback Creek Number 1 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 2 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 3 Dam, Meals Lake Dam,

Islands:

Mummy Island, Channel Islands, Egg Islands, Grass Island, Hanks Island, Hawkins Island, Little Mummy Island, Mavis Island, North Island, Observation Island, Pinnacle Rock, Spike Island,

Lakes:

Crater Lake, Eyak Lake, Hole-in-the-wall, Meals Lake, Milton Lake, Odiak Lagoon, Sahlin Lagoon, Sahlin Lake, Scout Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Eccles, Mount Eyak, Heney Peak, Mount Robert Korn, Mount Shiels, Tripod Hill,

Mountain Passes:

Center Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Heney Range,

Rivers:

Eyak River, Sheep River,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Canyon Creek, Cedar Creek, Deep Creek, Eccles Creek, Fleming Creek, Government Slough, Hartney Creek, Hemlock Creek, Heney Creek, Hidden Creek, Humpback Creek, Ibeck Creek, Koppen Creek, Lydick Slough, Mountain Slough, Nicolet Creek, Orca Creek, Paul Creek, Raging Creek, Rogue Creek, Sahlin Creek, Simpson Creek, Spruce Creek, Windy Creek,

Routes:

Eyak Trail,

Cities:

Crystal Falls, Orca, Whitshed,

Waterfalls:

Sahlin Falls,